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A longitudinal analysis of diet quality scores and the risk of incident depression in the SUN Project

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Title
A longitudinal analysis of diet quality scores and the risk of incident depression in the SUN Project
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BMC Medicine, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12916-015-0428-y
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Almudena Sánchez-Villegas, Patricia Henríquez-Sánchez, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Francisca Lahortiga, Patricio Molero, Estefanía Toledo, Miguel A. Martínez-González

Abstract

Some studies have pointed out that several dietary patterns could be associated with a reduced risk of depression among adults. This association seems to be consistent across countries, cultures and populations. The objective of the study was to compare and to establish the type of relationship between three diet quality scores and depression in the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) Cohort study. We performed a dynamic cohort study based on Spanish university graduates free of depression at baseline. Dietary intake was repeatedly assessed at baseline and after 10 years of follow-up with a validated semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire. Three previously described diet quality scores: Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), Pro-vegetarian Dietary Pattern (PDP) and Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010) were built. Participants were classified as having depression if they reported a new clinical diagnosis of depression by a physician or initiated the use of an antidepressant drug during follow-up. Time-dependent Cox regression models with cumulative averages of diet and restricted cubic splines were used to estimate hazard ratios of depression according to quintiles of adherence to the MDS, PDP and AHEI-2010. One thousand and fifty one incident cases of depression were observed among 15,093 participants from the SUN Cohort after a median follow-up of 8.5 years. Inverse and significant associations were observed between the three diet quality scores and depression risk. The hazard ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for extreme quintiles (fifth versus first) of updated adherence to MDS, PDP and AHEI-2010 were 0.84 (0.69-1.02), 0.74 (0.61-0.89) and 0.60 (0.49-0.72), respectively. The dose-response analyses showed non-linear associations, suggesting that suboptimal adherence to these dietary patterns may partially be responsible for increased depression risk. Better adherence to the MDS, PDP and AHEI-2010 was associated with a reduced risk of depression among Spanish adults. However, our data suggested a threshold effect so that although the risk of depression was reduced when comparing moderate versus lower adherence, there was not much extra benefit for the comparison between moderate and high or very high adherence.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 289 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 57 20%
Student > Bachelor 45 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 9%
Researcher 25 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 7%
Other 51 18%
Unknown 66 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 70 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 48 16%
Psychology 26 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 3%
Other 43 15%
Unknown 73 25%
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